Forest Municipal School District
School Year 1995-1996
District # 6220


Performance Index: 3.0
Prior Year's Performance Index: 3.0
Accreditation Level: 3
Demographic Information
1990 Census District State
Population : 7,325 2,573,216
White 51.18% 63.46%
Black 48.67% 35.59%
Asian 0.00% 0.49%
Native American 0.15% 0.11%
Other 0.00% 0.34%
'95-'96 Enroll. District State
Students: (K-12) 1,792 503,602
White 37.78% 47.83%
Black 58.71% 51.11%
Asian 0.33% 0.56%
Native American 0.17% 0.15%
Other 3.01% 0.35%

% of Students in Lowest Quarter

Battery % < Q1 Rank
ITBS Grade 4 17.1% 37
ITBS Grade 5 29.6% 74
ITBS Grade 6 27.6% 104
ITBS Grade 7 30.2% 93
ITBS Grade 8 26.4% 95
TAP Grade 9 34.6% 98
FLE Composite 17.5% 48



District Information District State Rank
Attendance as % of Enrollment 96.94% 96.59% 71
% Eligible for Free Lunch 57.83% 54.31% 76
Number of Carnegie Units Taught 75.50 73.14 61
Classroom Pupil/Teacher Ratio 16.45 16.12 99
Number of Dropouts 31 11,406 N/A
% Teachers with Advanced Degrees 31.91% 34.11% 73
% Emergency Certificates 4.81% 3.30% N/A
Number of Gifted Program Teachers 2.33 646.56 N/A
% Gifted Students (Grades 2-12) 5.53% 6.10% 61
% Special Education Students 15.71% 12.72% N/A
% Receiving Diplomas 21.43% 16.75% 50
Federal Special Education Budget $135,857 $27,865,463 80
State/Local Special Education Bud. $554,354 $144,008,806 97
Number of Vocational Teachers 1.67 1,594.21 144
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 7-8) 0.00% 55.74% 116
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 9-12) 66.15% 63.76% 86
Total Per Pupil Expenditure $4,257 $4,402 94
% State and Local Revenue 83.7% 86.4% 92
% Federal Revenue 16.3% 13.6% 61
% District Administration Expend. 3.84% 3.19% 97
Valuation per Student in ADA $21,450 $22,702 107
Total Title I Budget $518,137 $120,933,951 85
% Used for Classroom Instruction 76.64% 71.88% 40
Number of Eligible Children 1,453 232,567 60
% of Eligible Children Served 96.90% 95.56% 108
Number of Title I Schools 3 678 83
Number of AP Courses Offered 6 N/A N/A
AP Students as % of HS Enrollment 13.72% N/A N/A
Graduation Rate 67.01% 73.18% 118
Mean ACT Core Composite Score 19.3 19.7 82
IHL (% ACT Core) 39.2% 41.0% 73



Performance Standards
District State Rank
ITBS Grade 4 Read. 45.4 45.7 70
ITBS Grade 4 Lang. 51.4 47.7 39
ITBS Grade 4 Math 54.4 48.9 23
ITBS Grade 5 Read. 46.1 44.7 51
ITBS Grade 5 Lang. 47.7 47.5 64
ITBS Grade 5 Math 51.0 47.4 35
ITBS Grade 6 Read. 43.0 48.2 117
ITBS Grade 6 Lang. 44.1 49.0 125
ITBS Grade 6 Math 50.5 49.4 60
ITBS Grade 7 Read. 44.3 46.2 84
ITBS Grade 7 Lang. 45.1 48.9 110
ITBS Grade 7 Math 46.5 46.6 69
ITBS Grade 8 Read. 48.0 49.9 85
ITBS Grade 8 Lang. 47.2 49.4 98
ITBS Grade 8 Math 50.0 46.4 34
TAP Grade 9 Read. 41.1 45.2 102
TAP Grade 9 Lang. 46.2 48.9 101
TAP Grade 9 Math 45.0 44.7 70
P.A. Grade 4 Lang. 481.8 473.7 57
P.A. Grade 4 Math 450.7 459.1 91
P.A. Grade 5 Lang. 462.3 472.7 85
P.A. Grade 5 Math 440.3 445.9 78
P.A. Grade 6 Lang. 449.2 471.5 114
P.A. Grade 6 Math 427.2 457.2 120
P.A. Grade 7 Lang. 457.7 460.4 76
P.A. Grade 7 Math 426.6 445.2 91
P.A. Grade 8 Lang. 464.0 463.8 73
P.A. Grade 8 Math 444.3 434.3 58
P.A. Grade 9 Lang. 469.9 461.3 62
P.A. Grade 9 Math 428.6 432.3 82
FLE Reading 274.5 273.2 57
FLE Math 281.1 272.1 21
FLE Written Comm. 271.1 268.4 38

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